Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Toxicology / Seminars and Events Seminars & Events TOX 558 Spring 2022 Student Seminar Series Upcoming20242023202220212020 Maternal Methylmercury (MeHg) Exposure through Rice Ingestion and Offspring Neurodevelopment: A Prospective Cohort StudyDr. Sarah Rothenberg - Environmental Health Sciences Arnold School of Public Health U. South Carolina Dec 01, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Air Quality in Rochester Over the Past 15 Years: Trends and Current StatusProfessor Philip Hopke - Professor Emeritus, Clarkson University; Adjunct Professor, UR Dept of Public Health Sciences Nov 15, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Helen Wood Hall | 1W-502Air pollution and health: Science, policy and controversyArden Pope III, Ph.D. - Brigham Young University Department of Economics Nov 03, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Rare Diseases: Big Insights into Lung DevelopmentDr. Gail Deutsch - Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington Oct 18, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Mechanisms of Arsenic-Induced Immunotoxicity in Animal Models and Human Populations Dr. Scott Burchiel - College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico Oct 13, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Sources of Variation in GTEx Lung Tissue Expression DataDr. Matthew McCall - University of Rochester Oct 04, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)New Concepts in the Pathobiology of Chronic Bronchitis in COPDDr. Victor Kim - Temple University Sep 20, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)The Toxicology PhD Program PresentsThe Annual TOX Picnic Sep 10, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.Manganese neurotoxicity: From worms to neonatal humansMichael Aschner - Albert Einstein College of Medicine May 19, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820PhD Thesis Defense: Specialized Pro-resolving Mediators Act on the Innate Immune System to Attenuate Pulmonary InflammationAmanda Croasdell - PhD Candidate May 10, 2016 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)The effects of ultrafine particulates from air pollution on the progression of Alzheimer’s diseaseDenise Herr - PhD Candidate May 09, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Environmental Chemicals Promote Adipogenesis by Targeting THY1E'Lissa Flores - PhD Candidates May 02, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Cellular Stress Induces Epithelial Barrier Changes through Modulation of Tight Junction Protein LocalizationTimothy Smyth - PhD Candidate Apr 25, 2016 @ 12:30 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Dietary BPA and TBBPA Exposure in Tryptophan CatabolismJasmine Reed - PhD Candidate Apr 25, 2016 @ 12:15 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Evidence that Cellular Metabolism is Modulated by the Aryl Hydrocarbon ReceptorAshley Lopez-Chavez - PhD Candidate Apr 25, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Biodistribution of Gold Tracer Nanoparticles as a Model for Inhaled Ambient Ultrafine Particles in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse ModelCandace Wong - PhD Candidate Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Mechanisms and Functions of Nrf2 Signaling in Aging and Stress DefenseDirk Bohmann - Department of Biomedical Genetics, UR Medicine, Rochester, NY Apr 14, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Human Lung Fibroblasts Produce PPARγ Ligands: Endogenous Mediators with Pro-Resolving PotentialShannon Lacy - PhD Candidate Apr 11, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Neurodevelopmental Disruption from Postnatal Exposure to Hyperoxia Followed by Exposure to Air PollutionKeith Morris-Schaffer - PhD Candidate Apr 04, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Effects of Ultrafine Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology and Cognitive DeclineKatrina Jew - PhD Candidate Mar 28, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Epithelial barrier function: at the frontline of asthma and mucosal immunologySteve Georas - Department of Medicine, UR Medicine, Rochester, NY Mar 24, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Toll-like Receptor 4 Signaling and Apoptosis Resistance in Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Kelly Hanson - PhD Candidate Mar 21, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)The Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Ultraviolet Radiation Induced ImmunomodulationSarah Phelan - PhD Candidate Mar 14, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Neuropathological Consequences of Gestational Exposure to Concentrated Ambient Fine and Ultrafine Particles in the MouseCarolyn Klocke - PhD Candidate Mar 07, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Regulation of Mitochondrial Function by Genotoxic Stress Response Pathways during Hyperoxia ExposureEmily Resseguie - PhD Candidate Mar 02, 2016 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | 1-9576 (Case Method Room)The effect of topically applied carbon nanomaterial on skin inflammation in a model of allergic contact dermatitisBrian Palmer - PhD Candidate Feb 29, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Pulmonary Radiation Injury Induces Cellular Senescence and Persistent DNA Damage Associated with a Pro-Fibrotic Epithelial ResponseTyler Beach - PhD Candidate Feb 15, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Genetic Polymorphisms to Improve Mercury Exposure AssessmentsNil Basu - McGill University; Env Health Sci; Dept. of Natural Resource Sci, Host: M. Rand Feb 11, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Understanding the consequences of developmental alcohol exposure: in vivo imaging of neurons and microglia in the adolescent brainElissa Wong - PhD Candidate Feb 08, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Developmental exposure to MeHg inhibits myogenesis in Drosophila and C2C12 myoblastsLisa Prince - PhD Candidate Feb 01, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)The consequences of aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation during development on dendritic cell function during viral infectionJessica Meyers - PhD Candidate Jan 25, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Is Childhood Obesity an Environmental Neurologic DiseaseRobert Wright - Mt. Sinai Hospital, Depts. of Preventive Medicine; Pediatrics, Host: D. Cory-Slechta Jan 21, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell dysfunction caused by developmental activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)Christina Post - PhD Candidate Jan 18, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Lactate Dehydrogenase as a Therapeutic Target in Pulmonary FibrosisJennifer Judge - PhD Candidate Jan 11, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Effect of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Lung Epithelial Response to Influenza VirusParker Duffney - PhD Candidate Jan 04, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)